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DOJ files lawsuit against La. for alleged voter registration violationsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:38AMThe Department of Justice announced this past Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Louisiana and a number of Louisiana state agencies and officials alleging that the state has violated its obligations under the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).

Initiative seeks better outcome for infantsSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:45AMWednesday. Initiative." The program encourages pregnant women to wait at least 39 weeks or until their babies are ready to be born and urges doctors to refrain from doing elective deliveries.

Healthier babies vs. convenienceSunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:44AMIt has become an alarming trend in Louisiana. More and more women are deciding to have their babies early for the sake of convenience — and their doctors have been accommodating them.

Ohio may refuse to set up health insurance marketplace, Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor saysFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:07PMDespite indications Ohio was moving ahead, the lieutenant governor says it is undecided on whether it will set the kind of "exchange" that is the key part of the federal Affordable Care Act.

Reducing early deliveries in Louisiana: An editorialFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:08AMLouisiana has a dismal track record when it comes to the health of its youngest residents: the state ranks 49th for infant mortality, pre-term births and low and very low birth weight babies, according to the National Center of Health Statistics

Don't touch that coyoteFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 7:37AMBATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals says growing numbers of coyotes in neighborhoods around the state bring a growing danger of rabies. State Public Health Veterinarian Gary A. Balsamo says people shouldn't touch coyotes, dead or alive, because their saliva could carry the rabies virus. He says don't leave pet food outside, and keep garbage in tightly sealed ...

La DHH: Don't touch coyotes, dead or aliveFriday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:45AMThe Associated Press The Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. Louisiana's Department of Health and Hospitals says growing numbers of coyotes in neighborhoods around the state bring a growing danger of rabies. State Public Health Veterinarian Gary A. Balsamo says people shouldn't touch coyotes, dead or alive, because their saliva could carry the rabies virus. He says don't leave pet food outside ...

Judge rules against Dow in aquifer contaminationThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:46PMPlaquemine, La. — The Dow Chemical Company is at least one of the parties responsible for the vinyl chloride contamination of the Upper Plaquemine Aquifer, an ad hoc district judge has ruled in a case filed by area landowners.

‘Bath salts,’ synthetic marijuana criminalizedThursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:41PMAround December, the poison control center was getting more than 10 calls a day and Louisiana quickly became the state with the most abuse of these bath salt drugs – then being legally sold in stores under the names of Ivory Wave, Ocean, Charge +, White Lightning, Scarface, Hurricane Charlie, Red Dove, Cloud 9, White Dove, and others. In order to remove these drugs from stores in Louisiana ...